Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
{{short description|2001 film by George Butler}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
| image = Shackleton_imax_large.jpg
| caption = DVD release poster
| alt =
| director = George Butler
| producer = George Butler
Scott Swofford
| writer = Mose Richards
Crystal Spijer
| narrator = Kevin Spacey
| starring = Michael Gambon
Conrad Anker
Iain Fraser
| music = Sam Cardon
| cinematography = Reed Smoot
| editing =
| studio = WGBH Boston
White Mountain Films
| distributor = WGBH Giant-Screen Films
| released = {{Film date|2001|2|10|df=y}}
| runtime = 40 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $15,553,324{{cite web | title=Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2001/0SHCK.php | publisher=The Numbers | access-date=10 September 2010}}
}}
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is an IMAX film about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton between 1914 and 1917. Directed by George Butler, the film was released in February 2001 and was narrated by Kevin Spacey. It documents Shackleton's journey aboard the Endurance and was the follow-up to Butler's previous film, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.
Summary
In 1914, Shackleton set out to walk across the whole of Antarctica. While the South Pole had already been discovered, people had yet to make the cross-continent trek on foot. Before making landfall, however, his ship became trapped in the ice floe of the Weddell Sea where he and his crew stayed for over 400 days.Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure. George Butler, director. WBGH Boston & White Mountain Films, 2001.
Cast
- Kevin Spacey - Narrator (voice)
- Michael Gambon - Sir Ernest Shackleton (voice)
- Conrad Anker - Himself
- Reinhold Messner - Himself
- Stephen Venables - Himself{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280105/|title = Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure|website = IMDb}}
Production
The film was shot on location in Antarctica and also utilizes footage taken by the original expedition photographer, Frank Hurley.
Critical reception
- The film received "Two Thumbs Up" from Ebert and Roeper.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
- Rotten Tomatoes suggests it is "a gorgeously made film tracking the explorer's legendary 1914 expedition to the icey, uninhabited continent."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shackletons_antarctic_adventure/ |title=Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2010-09-14}}
- Joe Leydon, in Variety, wrote, "Despite its brevity, 'Adventure' vividly conveys the character and courage of Shackleton, one of the last great champions of the Heroic Age of Adventure. Butler glosses over a few unpleasant details in this telling of the story—for the sake of school-aged sensibilities, he was requested to refrain from showing how crewmen were forced to kill sled dogs for food—but the story remains gripping nonetheless."{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117797435.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=Endurance%3AShackleton%27s |title=Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure |publisher=Variety.com |date= 2001-03-04|access-date=2010-09-14}}
References
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External links
- [http://main.wgbh.org/imax/shackleton/ The film's official page]
- [http://www.whitemountainfilms.com/ White Mountain Films]
- {{IMDb title|0280105}}
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{{Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition}}
Category:Documentary films about Antarctica
Category:2001 short documentary films
Category:IMAX documentary films
Category:Films directed by George Butler (filmmaker)
Category:Films scored by Sam Cardon
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:Films produced by George Butler (filmmaker)
Category:Works about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition